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Manchester City have made an improved second bid of around £60m for Arsenal's Chile forward Alexis Sanchez . City officials are hopeful of making two signings before Thursday's deadline and there is also confidence that they will tie up a move for West Brom's Jonny Evans , despite rumoured rival interest from Arsenal themselves. Read More »

In the process, the former slammed his 12th hundred. It was the seventh successive bilateral series victory against Sri Lanka . Bumrah, who took a career-best five for 27 in the third ODI on Sunday, further said that he has learnt a lot from Sri Lankan ace Lasith Malinga while spending time at Mumbai Indians. Read More »

Additionally, when more and more transactions will come into the banking network in the long run, you will find direct and indirect improvement. The RBI's report has led to a volley of questions by critics and opposition parties on whether the "Kadvi Dawa" as PM Modi had put it was worth it. Read More »

The NBA warned the Lakers about tampering rules back in April, following Lakers president Magic Johnson's nationally televised comments about George. Before the Indiana Pacers traded George to the Oklahoma City Thunder , there were all sorts of reports and rumors about George's desire to join the Lakers once he becomes a free agent next offseason, and that very well still could come to pass. Read More »

Thomas' hip is the major risk, but Cleveland also got Jae Crowder - an underrated 3-and-D forward who can defend multiple positions and is on a ridiculously team-friendly contract for the next three years. Thomas ended his season prematurely after aggravating a recurring torn right labrum in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals, ironically against the Cavaliers. Read More »

Ohio State has won 22 of its last 23 road games and 36 of its last 38 season openers. Kick is set for 8 p.m.at Memorial Stadium. Game Creek Video Spirit is in the compound in Atlanta for this weekend's big games, for which ESPN will deploy a healthy camera complement including SkyCam, Pylon Cams, and a collection of super-slo-mos. Read More »

But I won't. It's just as simple as that'. " It's upsetting because the draw is pretty open in the bottom part", he lamented. "I felt like I should have been favoured there". "My level wasn't high today, so that's more the problem". Nick Kyrgios (left), the 14th seed and former top-rated obstacle in Federer's quarter-final path, hurt his right shoulder in a 6- 3 1-6 6-4 6-1firstround loss to 235th-ranked fellow Aussie John Millman. Read More »

This led to Arsenal accepting Chelsea's £35m offer from Chelsea for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, although he looks unlikely to move to Stamford Bridge. The Istanbul based club are now locked in negotiations with City with the view of signing Denayer on a season-long loan. Read More »

Zappacosta is an Italian full-back who has a good eye for going forward. Torino bought him from Atalanta in 2015 for £8million. He started their first game of the season but was only a late substitute last weekend. The versatile England worldwide is seemingly hoping to revert back to a more natural central midfield position after being deployed out wide by Arsene Wenger. Read More »

Sources said that it was only after after this development that these leaders offered to resign from their posts. He is well above 75 years, the age bar the party has informally set for ministers. Rudy is likely to be dropped from the Cabinet and will be given organisational work, say ANI sources. The president is scheduled to leave for Tirupati on Friday. Read More »

What went wrong in the launch of the IRNSS-1H satellite by ISRO Thursday? The heat shield had to protect the satellite during its atmospheric phase of the rocket flight, another ISRO official said. The on-board rubidium-based atomic clocks have a high degree of precision and do not lose or gain even a single second over millions of years. Like its other IRNSS predecessors, IRNSS-1H also carries two types of payloads - navigation payload and ranging payload. Read More »

That's despite manager Jose Mourinho requiring and desiring a left winger to add balance to a team that nevertheless leads the Premier League with a flawless record after three games. We could certainly do with a new winger in the squad and the 2016 PFA Player of the Year Mahrez would be a top class addition in that respect. Reports claim Mahrez has flown to Paris where he is now hanging out as he waits for a bid to be accepted by Leicester, but other reports claim he is in both London ... Read More »

Cricket fans at the Oval ground have been urged to move inside after what one player described as a "metal tipped arrow" was sacked on to the pitch. A Surrey County Cricket Club spokesman added: "We were about to bowl the next ball and the arrow appeared two pitches to the side of the pitch we're playing on at the moment". Read More »

FIFA, world football's governing body, allows individual football associations to decide on their respective deadlines for registering players. Barca had lodged numerous bids for the Brazil global but they were all rejected by the Merseyside club. Read More »

He will become Liverpool's second most expensive signing after Guinea global Naby Keita, who will join the club from next season after the Reds triggered a £48m release clause in the RB Leipzig midfielder's contract. "But with Jurgen Klopp buying him with only 12 months left on his contract, there must certainly be a plan in place for where he is going to play and fit in". Read More »

According to multiple reports, the Detroit Tigers have traded Justin Upton to the Los Angeles Angels for two minor leaguers. Upton, who signed a 6-year, $132.75 million contract with the Tigers prior to the 2016 season, would still be owed $88.5 million over the next four seasons. Read More »

Volunteers at the stadium will be collecting financial donations during the game, which begins at 7:05 p.m. He said law enforcement will crack down on individual volunteers to help avoid scams and people taking advantage of victims. The pictures and video coming out of Houston where people are still dealing with Harvey are powerful. "Once we'll be able to get to where we need to go we need a lot of help", Brown said. Read More »

The Daily Beast acknowledged the band's good intentions but chastised them for responding with a song instead of much-needed charitable donations. "We have semi trucks being filled up as we speak; that's phase one". The initial goal for the fund was $500,000 and after surpassing that goal within a matter of hours he raised it to $1 million. The Texans are stuck in Dallas as the storm shows no signs of slowing down , and Watt told The Weather Channel on Tuesday that has left him ... Read More »

Perhaps the only thing clear at this moment is that Thomas Lemar will not transfer to Arsenal today and that the London club will now hold on to Alexis Sanchez-and given how things have gone today, it would be a fearless person willing to bet on even that still being a certainty in another hour. Read More »

Seeded No. 9, seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams is the only USA player in the men's or women's draw to have won a major singles title. Williams has won two of her seven major titles at Flushing Meadows, in 2000 and 2001. But Williams, who has been regularly named as one of the highest-paid athletes by Forbes over the years, cherishes that time as a child. But she hasn't gone past the second round in four tries at NY. Read More »

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain would rather sign for Liverpool than Chelsea from Arsenal this summer, according to reporter Kaveh Solhekol. Oxlade-Chamberlain, who can play out wide as well as centrally, has one year remaining on his contract at the Emirates Stadium . Read More »

The team that finishes third will be left facing a tough road to Russian Federation starting with a playoff against the third-placed team in Group A , which is likely to be either South Korea or Uzbekistan. Four points or more: Qualification is guaranteed. Japan will clash with Australia in a crucial 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifier at Saitama Stadium on Thursday. Read More »

The proud groom shared several photos from the special day on Instagram in which he refers to his wife as "absolutely handsome", "perfect", and "the woman of my dreams". So he pulls out the ring and I'm already like, "Uh huh" before he even says anything. The fight against Nunes was Ronda's first time back in the octagon after 13-month absence that followed her first career loss to Holly Holm in November of 2015, after which she revealed she had suicidal thoughts. Read More »

Akpeyi, Independent gathered, could not train with the rest of the squad on Tuesday, raising concern on the state of his fitness ahead of the crucial match. "World Cup is the best tournament in the world and everyone wants to be there", he told media. "The home fans will also give him confidence". Ezenwa is skipper of the home-based Eagles and his penalty save helped the country qualify for a third straight African Nations Championship at the expense of Benin in Kano earlier this month. Read More »

The Tiger-Cats weren't completely disinterested in Manziel and placed him on their negotiations list as one of 35 players their team has exclusive rights to negotiate a contract with. Manziel allegedly assaulted his then-girlfriend Colleen Crowley and settled the domestic violence case out of court, and since leaving the National Football League, he has spent a lot of time partying, CBS noted. Read More »

The Spain global has made no secret of his desire to rejoin Atletico Madrid, although Diego Simeone's side are now serving a transfer ban and can not sign any new players until January. Reports suggest that La Liga side Las Palmas could offer Costa a route out of Chelsea for four months until he is able to rejoin Atletico when the winter transfer window opens. Read More »

As the outcry over Trump's leadership on race continued to mount, his secretary of State and a top homeland security adviser appeared - unusually - to distance themselves from the president's post-Charlottesville statements , in contrast to the full-throated defense most administration officials had previously offered. Read More »

The No. 3-seeded Federer, whose most recent of five championships at Flushing Meadows came in 2008, got broken in the first game and dropped the opening set of the topsy-turvy match. A day before his first round match, Nadal said he was taking each game in his stride. It played into Federer's hands, with the veteran Swiss able to regroup and level the match even though he was still well below his best. Read More »

The England global recently turned down the offer of a new contract and is now into the final year of his deal with the Merseysiders. It would however not be surprising if Chelsea do end up hijacking the deal, especially considering that they have greater financial muscle. Read More »

While many junior prodigies have come and gone, Tiafoe's unique background and work ethic set him apart from the rest. "I'm very happy how I'm feeling right now, how I felt coming off the court". "I was definitely also lucky to play tonight because the rain. That was good. But because of the preparation being not the best that I've had, I was quite up and down". Read More »